Arnaud Quercy

I'm Arnaud Quercy, an artist based in Paris. I work under rules I define as games. Before a series begins, I institute a rule binding two domains with no natural relation, such as a musical note and a colour, and I publish it. Then I execute it by hand, to the end, without exception. I call this way of working ideamorphism.

How the rule was born, and who executes it, is told in The Artist. The shows where the work has met the public, from the Koblenzer Kunstverein to the Orangerie du Sénat, are gathered in Exhibitions, and what newspapers and institutions have written about it in Press. Every work, sold or not, is recorded in the Catalogue raisonné. The work happens in the open at Art Quam Anima, the gallery-atelier I founded in 2025 at 28 rue du Dragon. The theory behind it is published, and openly audited, by Ideamorphic Studies.

The Artist

Paris-based artist and composer working by codex across painting, ceramics, sculpture and music. Chronology 1968 to the present.

Exhibitions

Discover Arnaud Quercy's exhibitions: harmonic-chromatic paintings and sculptures shown in Paris, Germany, California, and beyond. Solo and group shows since 2021.

Press

Press and exhibitions of Paris artist and composer Arnaud Quercy — Koblenzer Kunstverein, Orangerie du Sénat, Rhein-Zeitung — with ISNI, VIAF and BnF records.

Catalogue Raisonné

Complete catalogue of works by Arnaud Quercy from 2020 to the present — over nine hundred pieces in painting, sculpture, drawing, ceramics, digital composition, and sand bas-relief.

Art Quam Anima

Gallery and studio of artist Arnaud Quercy, rue du Dragon, Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Paris 6th). A place where art and ideas circulate together. Free entry.

Ideamorphic Studies

The documentation and publication layer of a single artistic practice. Nanopublications, measurements and papers on the work of Arnaud Quercy.

"The artist does not create. The artist emits. Creation happens elsewhere — in you, through you, despite you." — Manifesto Ideamorphiste

About Arnaud Quercy

Arnaud Quercy (born 1968, Meudon, France) is an artist based in Paris. He works under rules: before a series, he institutes a rule binding two domains with no natural relation, such as a musical note and a colour, publishes it, executes it by hand to the end, and measures the gap between what the rule prescribes and what the hand realizes. The rule is a stipulation, not a perception. He calls this way of working ideamorphism.

His largest body of work is Harmonic Crossing, paintings executed under a published note-to-colour rule. Alongside it: sculpture in steel and ceramic, drawing, digital works and sand bas-reliefs. Every work carries a permanent AQC code, used in citations, provenance records and across his sites. As a composer, his piece The Helper, for chamber orchestra, received a special mention at the Maurice Ravel International Composition Competition in 2018.

He founded Art Quam Anima, the gallery-atelier at 28 rue du Dragon, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris, founded in July 2025 and open to the public since 31 January 2026. His books, papers and catalogues are published by Art Quam Anima Publishing New York. The theory is published and openly audited by Ideamorphic Studies; its current state is the Theory page.

Identifiers: Wikidata Q138801476 · ISNI 0000 0005 0444 4810 · VIAF 20152079144507112218 · ORCID 0009-0000-2662-7790 · BnF 17714295 · ADAGP 1854180.